The westernmost village of the Westemnet, Turfaham lies just west of a large bog that is used by the village's inhabitants to harvest peat.

Tagol Tirith was was an Arnorian stronghold in Ruhdaur. Located on the great East Road and just south of the Trollshaws, its garrison was tasked with keeping the road safe. It was abandoned by the time of the war with Angmar.

Treebeard repeated the words thoughtfully. ‘Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped. Never mind. Let us leave it, and go.’
- The Two Towers (Book 3), Chapter 4

Treebeard's Hill sits on the eastern edge of the Fangorn Forest and overlooks the treetops of the forest below.

There was at that time a man named Freca, who claimed descent from King Fréawine, though he had, men said, much Dunlendish blood, and was dark-haired. He grew rich and powerful, having wide lands on either side of the Adorn. Near its source he made himself a stronghold and paid little heed to the king.
- Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers

The chief stronghold of the West Marches, the fort of Frecasburg was erected by the treacherous lord Freca nearly three centuries ago. Located at the south-eastern end of the region, it is the last line of defense for its people.

‍On down the grey road they went beside the Snowbourn rushing on its stones; through the hamlets of Underharrow and Upbourn, where many sad faces of women looked out from dark doors; and so without horn or harp or music of men’s voices the great ride into the East began with which the songs of Rohan were busy for many long lives of men thereafter.
- The Return of the King (Book 5), Chapter 3

Sitting on the feet of the cliff of Dunharrow, the hamlet of Underharrow is located south of Edoras.

Such was the dark Dunharrow, the work of long-forgotten men. Their name was lost and no song or legend remembered it. For what purpose they had made this place, as a town or secret temple or a tomb of kings, none in Rohan could say. Here they laboured in the Dark Years, before ever a ship came to the western shores, or Gondor of the Dúnedain was built; and now they had vanished, and only the old Púkel-men were left, still sitting at the turnings of the road.
- The Return of the King (Book 5), Chapter 3

The ancient refuge of Dunharrow is an upland at the feet of the White Mountains. It can only been accessed through the Stair of the Hold which climbs along one of the vast cliffs of the mountain range. Located south of the Rohirrim capital of Edoras, it serves as an important defensive position in times of war.

Dunharrow's origins are unknown, but it predates the founding of the Realms in Exile, having been erected sometime in the Second Age. It was most likely constructed by those whose remains dwell in the Paths of the Dead which lie just beyond the Dark Door, the entry into their realm.

September came in with golden days and silver nights, and they rode at ease until they reached the Swanfleet river, and found the old ford, east of the falls where it went down suddenly into the lowlands. Far to the west in a haze lay the meres and eyots through which it wound its way to the Greyflood: there countless swans housed in a land of reeds.
- The Return of the King (Book 6), Chapter 6

The Swanfleet is a vast marshland surrounding the joining of the rivers Glanduin and Mitheithel. It was once home to the Stoors, a Hobbit people, but they moved to the Shire after their numbers were greatly reduced by the Great Plague.

‘Which question shall I answer first?’ said Pippin. ‘My father farms the lands round Whitwell near Tuckborough in the Shire. I am nearly twenty-nine, so I pass you there; though I am but four feet, and not likely to grow any more, save sideways.’
- The Return of the King (Book 5), Chapter 1

Whitwell is a small settlement south of Tuckborough in the Southfarthing.

Now at a point nearly midway in its course the stream of Adurant divided and then joined again; and the island that its waters enclosed was named Tol Galen, the Green Isle. There Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 14

Set between the waters of the river Adurant, the island of Tol Galen is where Beren and Lúthien dwelled for the remainder of their lives after their return to Middle-earth in F.A. 469. In this time, the island's surroundings became known as Dor Firn-i-Guinar and their beauty was compared to that of Valinor itself.

So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.
- The Fellowship of the RIng (Book 1), Prologue

The Mathom-house is a kind of museum in Michel Delving. It stores and displays mathoms, objects that were of value but of no particular use to the Hobbits. One of the mathoms held there included Bilbo Baggins' Mithril-coat until he took it with him to Rivendell in T.A. 3001.

Khalath-Giri was a dwarven settlement in the southern Ered Luin and has been abandoned for many centuries.

The chief citadel of Maedhros was upon the Hill of Himring, the Ever-cold; and that was wide-shouldered, bare of trees, and flat upon its summit, surrounded by many lesser hills.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 14

In ancient days, Himring was a tall hill upon which Maedhros built his chief fortress, from which he guarded the northeastern border region that became known as the March of Maedhros. After the War of Wrath, when the western lands were flooded, the plains about the hill of Himring were drowned and the top of the hill was all that remained. Left standing as an island, Himring lay off the northwest coast of Forlindon. Nothing remains of the fortress.

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Haeron Tirith was an Arnorian stronghold in Arthedain. Its northern position rendered it useless following the fall of Fornost in T.A. 1974, leading to its abandonment.

‘But the Ring was lost. It fell into the Great River, Anduin, and vanished. For Isildur was marching north along the east banks of the River, and near the Gladden Fields he was waylaid by the Orcs of the Mountains, and almost all his folk were slain. He leaped into the waters, but the Ring slipped from his finger as he swam, and then the Orcs saw him and killed him with arrows.’ Gandalf paused. ‘And there in the dark pools amid the Gladden Fields,’ he said, ‘the Ring passed out of knowledge and legend; and evenso much of its history is known now only to a few, and the Council of the Wise could discover no more.'
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter

The Gladden Fields are a marshland along the Gladden River, a tributary of the Anduin. At the beginning of the Third Age, Isildur and his three oldest sons were ambushed by Orcs and slain here, resulting in the loss of the One Ring in the marshes' waters.

By the middle of the Third Age, parts of the area were settled by the Stoor hobbits. The Stoor Déagol rediscovered the ring while fishing, only to be killed by his friend Sméagol, who later became known as Gollum. The Stoors have all but deserted the area as servants of Sauron in search of the One Ring now linger here.

It is a strange road, and folk are glad to reach their journey’s end, whether the time is long or short. But I know how long it would take me on my own feet, with fair weather and no ill fortune: twelve days from here to the Ford of Bruinen, where the Road crosses the Loudwater that runs out of Rivendell.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 11

The Ford of Bruinen is the crossing of the river Bruinen leading toward the path to Rivendell. Elrond, the lord of Rivendell, holds power over its waters.

‘Now, friends,’ said Haldir, ‘you have entered the Naith of Lórien, or the Gore, as you would say, for it is the land that lies like a spearhead between the arms of Silverlode and Anduin the Great. We allow no strangers to spy out the secrets of the Naith. Few indeed are permitted even to set foot there.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 2), Chapter 6

The Naith is the land between the rivers Celebrant and Anduin, where the heartland of Lórien lies.

Going westward a mile or so they came to a dale. It opened southward, leaning back into the slope of round Dol Baran, the last hill of the northern ranges, greenfooted, crowned with heather.
- The Two Towers (Book 3), Chapter 11

The southernmost hill of the Misty Mountains, Dol Baran is located just west of the road connecting Isengard and the Fords of Isen.

Cartrefi is a ringfort homestead in southern Dunland at the feet of the Misty Mountains.

No one had a more attentive audience than old Ham Gamgee, commonly known as the Gaffer. He held forth at The Ivy Bush, a small inn on the Bywater road; and he spoke with some authority, for he had tended the garden at Bag End for forty years, and had helped old Holman in the same job before that. Now that he was himself growing old and stiff in the joints, the job was mainly carried on by his youngest son, Sam Gamgee.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 1

The Ivy Bush is an inn located on the Bywater Road connecting Hobbiton and Bywater. It is frequented by the inhabitants of both villages.

As after indeed befell, and still the Tol Morwen stands alone in the water beyond the new coasts that were made in the days of the wrath of the Valar.
- The War of the Jewels (Part 3), Chapter 1

One of the last remains of Beleriand, Tol Morwen is the site of the Stone of the Hapless.

The Dunland village of Loch Thiar sits next to a small lake north of Mai Dun in the northern part of the region.

The fellings had at first been along both banks of the Gwathló, and timber had been floated down to the haven (Lond Daer); but now the Númenóreans drove great tracks and roads into the forests northwards and southwards from the Gwathló, and the native folk that survived fled from Minhiriath into the dark woods of the great Cape of Eryn Vorn, south of the mouth of the Baranduin, which they dared not cross, even if they could, forfear of the Elvenfolk.
- The Unfinished Tales, Appendix D

A cape in the south west of Eriador, Eryn Vorn is littered with dark pines. They are the last remnants of the vast forests that once covered north-western Middle-earth.

The Númenóreans cut down a large part of the forests to build their fleets in the Second Age, before the forces of Sauron burned down much of the remaining woodland during the War of the Elves and Sauron. Only a few secretive woodsmen dwell in the woods by the end of the Third Age.

Bizar-Filatin is the largest dwarven settlement in the southern Blue Mountains.

Now they had gone on far into the Lone-lands, where there were no people left, no inns, and the roads grew steadily worse.
- The Hobbit, Chapter 2

The Lone-lands are the wilderlands east of Bree-land. Littered with the remains of long-abandoned Arnorian settlements, they were completely deserted by the end of the Third Age.

Thafar-Damith is a dwarven settlement in the southern Ered Luin.

Nara-Athuk is a dwarven settlement in the southern Ered Luin.

From Dunland, where he was then dwelling, he went north with Nár, and they crossed the Redhorn Pass and came down into Azanulbizar. When Thrór came to Moria the Gate was open. Nár begged him to beware, but he took no heed of him, and walked proudly in as an heir that returns. But he did not come back.
- Appendix B, The Third Age

For a time, Thrór's hall was the refuge of the survivors of the Sack of Erebor. It was abandoned in favor of the Blue Mountains when the remainders of Durin's folk established Thorin's hall in T.A. 2802.

‘Hoo, eh? Entmoot?’ said Treebeard, turning round. ‘It is not a place, it is a gathering of Ents–which does not often happen nowadays. But I have managed to make a fair number promise to come. We shall meet in the place where we have always met: Derndingle Men call it. It is away south from here. We must be there before noon.’
- The Two Towers (Book 3), Chapter 4

Derndingle is the ancient meeting place of the Ents in the south of Fangorn Forest. The Ents have gathered here for the Entmoots from time immemorial. It is a round depression completely devoid of trees except for three silver birches in its centre.

‘We have reached the borders of the country that Men call Hollin; many Elves lived here in happier days, when Eregion was its name. Five-and-forty leagues as the crow flies we have come, though many long miles further our feet have walked. The land and the weather will be milder now, but perhaps all the more dangerous.’
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 2), Chapter 3

A low ridge on the eastern side of the Misty Mountains, Hollin ridge once marked the border of the elven realm of Eregion.

To the north of the great height of Mount Dolmed was Gabilgathol, which the Elves interpreted in their tongue Belegost, that is Mickleburg; and southward was delved Tumunzahar, by the Elves named Nogrod, the Hollowbold.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 10

Once looming over the only known path from Beleriand to Eriador, Mount Dolmed is a mountain on the western edge of the Ered Luin. Some of the first dwarves founded the cities of Belegost and Nogrod east of the mountain in the Years of the Trees. Like much of the Ered Luin, it was heavily damaged in the drowning of Beleriand.

Iaur Amdir was an Arnorian town in Rhudaur. Largely abandoned by the time of the war with Angmar, the remaining population was wiped out by the Great Plague in T.A. 1636.

Located at the tip of the Angle where the rivers Hoarwell and Loudwater meet, its ruins have since become home to a watchtower of the Northern Dúnedain dwelling in the region.

The village of Standelf lies in the south of Buckland, along the eastern banks of the Brandywine.

A mist arose from the river and hid them from their enemies, and they escaped over the Brithiach into Dimbar, and wandered among the hills beneath the sheer walls of the Crissaegrim, until they were bewildered in the deceits of that land and knew not the way to go on or to return. There Thorondor espied them, and he sent two of his eagles to their aid; and the eagles bore them up and brought them beyond the Encircling Mountains to the secret vale of Tumladen and the hidden city of Gondolin, which no Man yet had seen.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 18

The Crissaegrim were a great mountain range of Beleriand. Hidden in its valleys was the great city of Gondolin. Following the drowning of Beleriand, most of the Crissaegrim were submerged by the sea. Only their peaks remain.

[To the West,] the land rose in wooded ridges, green, yellow, russet under the sun, beyond which lay hidden the valley of the Brandywine. To the South, over the line of the Withywindle, there was a distant glint like pale glass where the Brandywine River made a great loop in the lowlands and flowed away out of the knowledge of the hobbits.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 8

The Brandywine (or Baranduin) is a river in Eriador which marked the eastern end of the Shire until the establishment of Buckland. It only has three known crossings at the end of Third Age: The Brandywine Bridge, the Bucklebury Ferry, and Sarn Ford on the far southern border of the Shire.

Northern Dúnedain used to dwell along the river in centuries past as it marked the border between the Arnorian kingdoms of Arthedain and Cardolan. The fall of their kingdoms in the wars with Angmar led them to desert these settlements.

Now the people of Caranthir dwelt furthest east beyond the upper waters of Gelion, about Lake Helevorn under Mount Rerir and to the southward; and they climbed the heights of Ered Luin and looked eastward in wonder, for wild and wide it seemed to them were the lands of Middle-earth.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 13

Once home to a fortress of one of the Sons of Fëanor, Mount Rerir was a great mountain in the First Age. Likely abandoned after the Battle of Sudden Flame, the War of Wrath left the once mighty mountain greatly diminished.

The ground now became damp, and in places boggy and here and there they came upon pools, and wide stretches of reeds and rushes filled with the warbling of little hidden birds. They had to pick their way carefully to keep both dry-footed and on their proper course. At first they made fair progress, but as they went on, their passage became slower and more dangerous. The marshes were bewildering and treacherous, and there was no permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting quagmires. The flies began to torment them, and the air was full of clouds of tiny midges that crept up their sleeves and breeches and into their hair.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 11‍

Located between the Chetwood and the Weather-hills, the Midgewater Marshes are a fly-infested fen.

Between Ramdal and Gelion there stood a single hill of great extent and gentle slopes, but seeming mightier than it was, for it stood alone; and that hill was named Amon Ereb.
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 14

The hill of Amon Ereb was once a dominant feature in the southern plains of eastern Beleriand. Its position at the southern end of the hills of Andram where the eastern passage into the southern parts of eastern Beleriand lay, made it an important strategic position in the First Age. It now sits on the western shores of Forlindon.

Balan Ostronn was an Arnorian stronghold in Rhudaur. Located on the eastern edge of the Angle, it was abandoned by the time of the war with Angmar.

On down the grey road they went beside the Snowbourn rushing on its stones; through the hamlets of Underharrow and Upbourn, where many sad faces of women looked out from dark doors; and so without horn or harp or music of men’s voices the great ride into the East began with which the songs of Rohan were busy for many long lives of men thereafter.
- The Return of the King (Book 5), Chapter 3

The hamlet of Upbourn lies south of Edoras on the banks of the Snowbourn.

Imlanen is a Nandorin village in the forests of Harlindon. Hidden in the wooded foothills of the Blue Mountains, it is nearly impossible to find. The villagers use a small island in the nearby lake for high festivals.

Night was waning on the twenty-second day of September when drawing together again they came to Sarn Ford and the southernmost borders of the Shire. [The Nazgûl] found them guarded for the Rangers barred their way. But this was a task beyond the power of the Dúnedain; and maybe it would still have proved a even if their captain, Aragorn, had been with them. But he was away to the north, upon the East Road near Bree; and the hearts even of the Dúnedain misgave them.
- The Unfinished Tales (Part 3), The Hunt for the Ring

Guarded by the Rangers of the North, Sarn Ford lies on the far southern border of the Shire. It is the stone ford of the River Baranduin.

There Mount Rerir, and about it many lesser heights, stood out from the main range of Ered Lindon westward; and in the angle between Rerir and Ered Lindon there was a lake, shadowed by mountains on all sides save the south. That was Lake Helevorn, deep and dark, and beside it Caranthir had his abode;
- The Silmarillion, Chapter 13

Lake Helevorn lies at the foot of Mount Rerir.

We have now come to the River Hoarwell, that the Elves call Mitheithel. It flows down out of the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell, and joins the Loudwater away in the South. Some call it the Greyflood after that. It is a great water before it finds the Sea. There is no way over it below its sources in the Ettenmoors, except by the Last Bridge on which the Road crosses.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 12

Located on the Hoarwell just west of the Trollshaws, the Last Bridge marked the middle point between Weathertop and Rivendell along the great East Road.

The origins of the ancient bridge are unknown. It might have been built as early as the First Age, although it likely saw modifications and repairs by the Northern Dúnedain as they maintained it throughout the Second and the Third Age.

Aldarion had a great hunger for timber desiring to make Númenor into a great naval power; his felling of trees in Númenor had caused great dissensions. In voyages down the coasts he saw with wonder the great forests, and he chose the estuary of the Gwathló for the site of a new haven entirely under Númenórean control [...] There he began great works, that continued to be extended after his days.
- The Unfinished Tales, Appendix D

Located on estuary of the river Gwathló, Lond Daer was the first Númenórean colony on the shores of Middle-earth. Founded by S.A. 800, it served as an important port, especially for transporting lumber from Middle-earth to Númenor.

Largely ruined by the Downfall of Númenor and the subsequent reshaping of the shores of Middle-earth, Lond Daer was soon abandoned in favor of Tharbad in the early Third Age. By the end of the Third Age, the site of Lond Daer was mostly covered by estuarine salt marshes, with only a few islands and low hills indicating where this once-mighty city stood.

But beyond, in the great fief of Belfalas, dwelt Prince Imrahil in his castle of Dol Amroth by the sea. - The Return of the King (Book 5) CH 1

This area in the southern coastal region of Gondor is well-known for its strategic position and deep-rooted history. Located on a narrow piece of land extending into the Bay of Belfalas, it is bordered by the sea on three sides, offering inherent protection and a thriving harbor. The Prince of Dol Amroth, from a noble lineage known for their bravery and allegiance to Gondor, governs the city.

Established by people from Númenor during the Second Age, the city showcases a mix of Númenórean and Elven ancestry, which is visible in its buildings and way of life. The city showcases beautiful stone structures, high waterfront barriers, and vibrant gardens that mirror its affluence from the sea trade and high level of culture. Gondor's maritime heritage is unparalleled, boasting a strong navy that defends the southern coasts and participates in widespread commerce.

The city is known for its prestigious Swan Knights, revered fighters respected for their courage and expertise. The Prince Imrahil leads these knights who are known for their steadfast loyalty and powerful presence in combat. The elite soldiers' reputation mirrors the city's commitment to martial excellence and safeguarding Gondor.

This city's important and lively role in Gondor's history is due to its beautiful surroundings, strong military presence, and exceptional leadership. The coastal allure, enhanced by its strategic significance, showcases the endurance and cultural diversity of Middle-earth.

The largest of the West-march hamlets, Carrdun sits on a hill just north of the Adorn in the region's south-east. The hamlet dates back to the days of Freca, being established around the same time as Frecasburg, and is still almost exclusively inhabited by Middle-Men of Dunlendic blood.

A group of Rohirric settlers built Neahburg on the foundations of an old Middle-Men hillfort. Located in the north-east of the West Marches, it is the village closest to the rest of Rohan geographically and culturally. Its strong Rohirric roots set it apart from most other West-march settlements.

The newest settlement in the West Marches, Aberrhyd is home to the Dunnish clan of the Gaesela who settled in the region after being driven out of their homeland further north around 60 years ago. After decades of fighting, they were subjugated by the Kings of Rohan who forced them to give up their arms and to pay tribute in grain.

Three Elf-towers of immemorial age were still to be seen on the Tower Hills beyond the western marches. They shone far off in the moonlight. The tallest was furthest away, standing alone upon a green mound. The Hobbits of the Westfarthing said that one could see the Sea from the top of that tower; but no Hobbit had ever been known to climb it.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Prologue

The grandest of the three White Towers on the Tower Hills, Elostirion has held one of the Palantíri of Arnor for many millenia. They were built by Gil-galad as a gift to Elendil in the last Second Age.

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‘I don’t know if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn, a day’s journey east of Bree,’ answered Strider. ‘Some say it is so far, and some say otherwise. It is a strange road, and folk are glad to reach their journey’s end, whether the time is long or short.'
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 11

Located east of Bree and along the great East Road, the Forsaken Inn is a long abandoned ruin. By the time of the War of the Ring, it has been a ruin for over 60 years.

Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad. [...]
To their left they could see some of the houses and hobbit-holes of Staddle on the gentler south-eastern slopes of the hill
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 9

Located on the gentler south-eastern slopes of Bree-hill, Staddle is one of the three smaller villages surrounding Bree. Exclusively inhabited by Hobbits, it is the only known settlement of this kind outside of the Shire at the end of the Third Age.

The village houses a branch of the Underhill family who occupy a larger smial at the at the village's southern end. The Hobbits of Staddle are also known for the pipe-weed they grow on the southern slopes of Bree-hill.

Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad. [...]
Down in a deep hollow away north of the Road there were wisps of rising smoke that showed where Combe lay;
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 9

Combe is one of the three smaller villages surrounding Bree. It lies in a deep valley on the eastern end of Bree-hill.

From Ost-in-Edhil, the city of the Elves, the highroad ran to the west gate of Khazad-dûm, for a friendship arose between Dwarves and Elves, such as has never elsewhere been, to the enrichment of both those peoples. In Eregion the craftsmen of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, the People of the Jewel-smiths, surpassed in cunning all that have ever wrought, save only Fëanor himself; and indeed greatest in skill among them was Celebrimbor, son of Curufin.
- The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power

Once the chief city of the Elven realm of Eregion, Ost-in-Edhil was home to the great Elven smith Celebrimbor and his brotherhood. It was here where the Rings of Power were forged.

During the War of the Elves and Sauron, the Dark Lord sacked the city, killing Celebrimbor and reclaiming all but the three Elven Rings of Power.

The hobbits were glad to leave the cheerless lands and the perilous Road behind them; but this new country seemed threatening and unfriendly. As they went forward the hills about them steadily rose. Here and there upon heights and ridges they caught glimpses of ancient walls of stone, and the ruins of towers: they had an ominous look. Frodo, who was not walking, had time to gaze ahead and to think. He recalled Bilbo’s account of his journey and the threatening towers on the hills north of the Road, in the country near the Trolls’ wood where his first serious adventure had happened.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 12

The Trollshaws are an upland woodland located in the former kingdom of Rhudaur. While many castles and towers littered the tops of its hills in the days of the kingdom of Arnor, only their ruins remain now. Over the past centuries, the Trollshaws have mainly been home to Stone-trolls that have made the journey along the East Road increasingly dangerous.

Tongues began to wag in Hobbiton and Bywater; and rumour of the coming event travelled all over the Shire. The history and character of Mr. Bilbo Baggins became once again the chief topic of conversation; and the older folk suddenly found their reminiscences in welcome demand.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 1

Located just south-east of Hobbiton in the Westfarthing, the village of Bywater lies on the southern banks of the Bywater Pool. It is home to the Cotton Family and houses the Green Dragon inn.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty,dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozysmell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it tosit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
- The Hobbit, Chapter 1

Bag End is a smial in Hobbiton and the residence of the Baggins family. Frodo Baggins is the sole occupier - his old relative Bilbo having left five years ago to live with the Elves in Rivendell. The smial was built by Bilbo's father. Its gardens are maintained by Samwise Gamgee.

Great stores of goods and food, and beer, were found that had been hidden away by the ruffians in sheds and barns and deserted holes, and especially in the tunnels at Michel Delving and in the old quarries at Scary; so that there was a great deal better cheer that Yule than anyone had hoped for.
- The Return of the King (Book 6), Chapter 9

Scary is a village in the Eastfarthing and lies at the feet of a range of hills that go by the same name. Its quarries are the main source of stone for much of the Shire.

Fond as he was of Frodo, Fatty Bolger had no desire to leave the Shire, nor to see what lay outside it. His family came from the Eastfarthing, from Budgeford in Bridgefields in fact, but he had never been over the Brandywine Bridge.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 5

The Eastfarthing village of Budgeford sits on the northern banks of the Shire-water, just north of Whitfurrows. It is home to the Bolger family.

Suddenly they came out of the shadow of the trees, and before them lay a wide space of grass, grey under the night. On three sides the woods pressed upon it; but eastward the ground fell steeply and the tops of the dark trees, growing at the bottom of the slope, were below their feet. Beyond, the low lands lay dim and flat under the stars. Nearer at hand a few lights twinkled in the village of Woodhall.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 3

Woodhall is a village on the eastern edges of Woody End in the Eastfarthing.

He had been taken when the ruffians smoked out a band of rebels that he led from their hidings up in the Brockenbores by the hills of Scary.
-The Return of the King (Book 6), Chapter 9

Brockenborings (or Brockenbores) is a village in the northern Eastfarthing known for the long network of tunnels dug into the hills just north of it.

Located in the Southfarthing, the village of Sackville is home to the family of the same name.

As evening fell they were drawing near to Frogmorton, a village right on the Road, about twenty-two miles from the Bridge. There they meant to stay the night; The Floating Log at Frogmorton was a good inn. But as they came to the east end of the village they met a barrier with a large board saying NO ROAD; and behind it stood a large band of Shirriffs with staves in their hands and feathers in their caps, looking both important and rather scared.
- The Return of the King (Book 6), Chapter 8

The village of Frogmorton lies between the villages of Bywater and Whitfurrows in the Eastfarthing. Its location along the Great East Road makes the village's inn, the Floating Log, frequented by travellers.

Lying in the Southfarthing, the village of Pincup is built in the southern slopes of the Green Hills.

They passed along the edge of a huge turnip-field, and came to a stout gate. Beyond it a rutted lane ran between low well-laid hedges towards a distant clump of trees. Pippin stopped. ‘I know these fields and this gate!’ he said. ‘This is Bamfurlong, old Farmer Maggot’s land. That’s his farm away there in the trees.’
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 4

Bamfurlong is the farmstead of Farmer Maggot. Located in the Eastfarthing, it consists of a brick-built house with a thatched roof and two additional side buildings surrounded by a high brick wall.

The Eastfarthing village of Dwaling lies just north of the hills of Scary.

Deephallow is a village on the south-eastern edge of both the Eastfarthing and the Shire itself. The village lies on the banks of the Brandywine, just north to where it meets the Shirebourn.

The people in the Marish were friendly with the Bucklanders, and the authority of the Master of the Hall (as the head of the Brandybuck family was called) was still acknowledged by the farmers between Stock and Rushey.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 5

Rushey is a village in the Eastfarthing, located south of Stock and north of Deephallow.

‘All right!’ said Pippin. ‘I will follow you into every bog and ditch. But it is hard! I had counted on passing the Golden Perch at Stock before sundown. The best beer in the Eastfarthing, or used to be: it is a long time since I tasted it.’
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 4

The town of Stock lies on the Stock-brook stream near the western banks of the Brandywine in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. It is home to the Golden Perch inn.

The Eastfarthing village of Willowbottom lies on the banks of the stream Thistle Brook just north of where it meets the Shirebourn.

‘Short cuts make long delays,’ argued Pippin. ‘The country is rough round here, and there are bogs and all kinds of difficulties down in the Marish – I know the land in these parts.'
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 4

The Marish is a farmland in the Eastfarthing between the villages of Stock and Rushey. A partially reclaimed marshland, it is very fertile yet difficult to traverse. A high banked causeway allows for safe passage through the area.

But all accounts agree that Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom in the Southfarthing first grew the true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of Isengrim the Second, about the year 1070 of Shire-reckoning. The best home-grown still comes from that district, especially the varieties now known as Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby, and Southern Star.
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Prologue

Located at the southern end of the Southfarthing, the town of Longbottom is where the pipe-weed was first introduced to the Shire. The town remains famous for its pipe-weed production as Longbottom Leaf is one of the most popular and sought-after varieties of pipe-weed in all of Middle-earth.

He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul’s head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment.
- The Hobbit, Chapter 1

Greenfields is a village in the Northfarthing. In T.A. 2747, a hobbit militia under the leadership of Bandobras Took defeated a force of invading orcs from Mount Gram there.

Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve.
- Appendix B, The Tale of Years

Long Cleeve is a town in the Northfarthing and home to the North-tooks, a distant branch of the Took family.

Tookbank is a village in the Westfarthing just north-west of the town of Tuckborough.